Bajwa (Punjabi: ਬਾਜਵਾ (Gurmukhi); باجوہ (Shahmukhi)) is a Jat surname and tribe name commonly found among the Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims of the Punjab region in India and Pakistan.[1]
Notable people bearing the Bajwa name, who may or may not be affiliated with the clan, include:
- Arjan Bajwa (born 1979), Indian actor and model
- Asif Bajwa (born 1969), Pakistani field hockey player
- Asim Saleem Bajwa, Pakistani former military officer
- Charanjit Kaur Bajwa (born 1959), Indian politician
- Javed Ashraf Bajwa, Pakistani military officer
- Jugpreet Singh Bajwa (born 1994), Indo-Canadian singer
- Najm Us Saqib Bajwa (born 1983), a Pakistani entrepreneur
- Neeru Bajwa (born 1982), Indo-Canadian actress
- Poonam Bajwa, Indian actress
- Pratap Singh Bajwa (born 1957), Indian politician
- Qamar Javed Bajwa (born 1960), a Pakistani Military General, retired as Army Chief;
- Rupa Bajwa (born 1976), Indian writer
- Sonam Bajwa (born 1989), Indian model and actress
- Surinder Singh Bajwa (c. 1955–2007), Indian politician
- Tariq Bajwa, Pakistani civil servant
- Tariq Mahmood Bajwa, Pakistani politician
- Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Indian politician
- T. S. Bajwa, Indian politician
- Varinder Singh Bajwa, Indian politician
References
- ↑ Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN 0-19-563357-1. OCLC 35662663.
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